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Tomahawks get faster processors, better flight paths

https://www.c4isrnet.com/intel-geoint/2017/11/21/tomahawks-get-faster-processors-better-flight-paths/

Powered by new processors that run 20 times faster, Navy missiles should now fly more accurately to their targets following a major upgrade and electronics enhancements.
The Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS), in service since 2004, recently underwent improvements that include faster processors and increased cybersecurity controls.
Most notably, planners in the Tomahawk Weapons System Program Office (PMA-280) ditched older proprietary processors in favor of state-of-the-art multicore X-86 multicore processors, which run 20 times faster.
“That new equipment significantly increases system performance,” said Capt. Mark Johnson, Tomahawk weapons system program manager. “It also allows us to make the product sustainable. Since this is [off-the-shelf] hardware, it’s easily replaceable.”
The Navy describes the Tomahawk Weapons System as its premier precision strike standoff weapon for attacking long range, medium range, and tactical targets. A subsonic cruise missile, the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile is used for deep land attack warfare. It launches from U. S. Navy surface ships and U.S. Navy and United Kingdom Royal Navy submarines.